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B. F. FOWLER.

CREAM WHIP. APPLICATION FILED DEC-18,1918.

Patented July 22, 1919.

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Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. Fow- LER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and Stateof-Minnesota, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements inCream-Whips, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to culinary appliances, and particularly todevices for whipping or beating eggs, cream and the like.

The general object ofthe inventionis to provide a very simple andeffective whip of this character so designed that upon a downwardmovement of the egg whip air will be forced downward into the materialbeing beaten and upon an upward movement of the implement the air willbe allowed to flow into the handle of the whip.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which isadapted to be used in jars having relatively narrow mouths so as toprevent the contents of the jar from being spilled or spattered while itisbeing whipped.

Other objects willappear in the course of the following. description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure1 is a side elevation of my improved cream whip, parts being shown insection; i

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view of the upper end of the device;

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the lower portion of the device, with thesprings compressed so that the device may be inserted within a jar.

Referring to this drawing, 10 designates the shank of the handle whichis tubular and at its lower end there is provided a disk 11 somewhatconcave in form and perforated as at 12. The lower end of the shank 10has an opening 13 below this disk raaaaamy 22, 1919.

i Application filed December 1a, 1918. Serial No. 267,299.

formed at the 1 upper end of the passage 1 through the knob.

Disposed on the shank 10 and extending downward therefrom are aplurality of spring arms19,the upper end ofwhich are -coile'dandattached to the shank in any suitable manner, the coils being designated20 and the lower end of each arm carries upon it a perforated concavedisk 21, the center of which is disposed coincident with thecircumference of the disk 11. These disks 21 are disposed slightly abovethe disk 11 and are of such diameter that the arms 19 may be compressedtoward the shank to carry the disks 21 inward into a position where theywill not project out beyond the circumference of the disk 11. Thesespring arms carrying the disks 21 permit this heater or whip to beinserted in a relatively small mouthed jar and then the arms 19 willexpand so as to carry the disks outward beyond the wall of the jar andpermit the whip to be used without any liability of spilling thecontents of the jar. I do not wish to be limited to any number of thesedisks and arms 19 nor to the de tails of construction.

Preferably the disk 11 will have a diameter of about 2 in diameter andthe small disks about in diameter. When this device is operated thereciprocation of the whip will cause the air to be forced downwardthrough the perforations in the lower disk 11 and up through the creamor other material being whipped and the reciprocation of the disk 11 andthe disks 21 with the air forced up through the disk will cause thecream to whip very quickly. The device may be also used as an egg heateror for mixing or beating any other liquid or semi-liquid material. Theresilience of the arms 19 causes the disk 21 to fit closely against theinner wall of the jar.

1. An agitating device of the character described comprising areciprocatable shank,

shank: and above the disk extending downward and outward,. theresilience of the arms urging their lower ends outward but permittingthe lower ends of the armsto be forced inward toward the shank-andrelatively small perforated disks mounted upon the lower ends of saidarms in par allel relation to the first named disk.

3. An agitator of the character described comprising a shank, resilientarms attached at theirupper ends to the shank and normally extendingdownward and outward Copies of this patent may be obtained fortheinsertion of the agitating members into the relatively narrow coverof the vessel and, then to permit the expansion of said actuatingmembers within the vessel;

In testimony, whereof I hereunto alfix my 20 signature in the presenceof one witness.

BENJAMIN F. Witness:. 4R. B.-HOSTETLER.

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